President Javier Milei took part this Wednesday in the World Economic Forum in Davos, the global summit that brings together political, economic, and business leaders, where he delivered a speech focused on the defense of the ideas of freedom and a strong criticism of socialism.
From the international stage, Milei began his address with a forceful defense of what he called "the values of Western civilization" and he put forward a strong criticism of socialist policies, about which he maintained that "they had the same catastrophic results as always."
In that regard, as a recent example of the decline of those models, he mentioned what he described as "the nightmare that was experienced in the region because of Venezuela's terrorist narco-dictatorship."
The Argentine president used a good part of his presentation to contrast the virtues of capitalism with the negative effects of socialism. "Free-market capitalism is the only system that is fair, efficient, and the one that generates the highest growth rate," Milei stated, and he added that it is necessary to return to cultural and philosophical foundations that will save the West.
In this regard he said that it is imperative to return to "drawing inspiration from Greek philosophy, embracing Greco-Roman law, and returning to Judeo-Christian values that will make it possible to save the West."
In addition to these historical and cultural references, the president included in his speech a defense of essential rights, insisting on the importance of "defending the right to life and liberty." In this context, he explained that these rights are joined by "the right to property and the principle of non-aggression against another human being, which includes physical aggression or any threat of the use of force."
